Familiar Voices introduces The Register's Familiar Voice series
A Beckley native Winnie Bowling marks 30 years with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co on August 18. She is a business employee, housewife, and mother of 12-year-old Randy, a newspaper carrier. The series highlights workers who perform vital services but are rarely seen, many of whom work over the telephone.
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Register
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Winnie Bowling
Beckley
G and P Co
Randy
The
Ghent Resident Freed On Bond
Ghent resident Russell F E Cox was released on bonds from Raleigh County Jail after a magistrate hearing on shooting with intent to kill. Held for the June term grand jury, Cox posted a 300 dollar bond with complainant Juanita Epling of Plat Top. He was also ordered to keep the peace for one year on a peace warrant and posted a 900 dollar performance bond.
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Russell FE. Cox
Ghent
Raleigh County
T. H. Wills
Juanita Epling
Cox
South Charleston Firm Wins Sewer Contract
A South Charleston firm secured a contract for initial sewer work in Huntington. The $11 million sewage treatment project includes building two pumping stations and tunnel work with future connections to the interceptor system. Work to begin within a month.
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Huntington
Mountain In Co
South Charleston
Beckley Chamber Meeting Postponed to April 25
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Beckley Hotel has been postponed to April 25. President Lawrence T. Forbes cited preelection work by Chamber committees for the special levy election on April 22 as the reason for the delay.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
Lawrence T. Forbes
Mrs John Ritter Dies In Florida
Mrs John Ritter dies in Florida at 1 05 p m in her Miami home Surviving relatives include a step daughter Susan Hogg Agnes Scott College Atlanta Ga two sisters Mrs Okey M Wicker Beckley and Mrs Bess Kate Snyder Shady Spring two brothers Cecil Swim Beckley and W E Swim Alexandria Va and her father J D Swim Shady Spring Funeral arrangements pending body to be brought to Beckley Keyser Funeral Home in charge
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Johnsl
Jack) Ritter
Mic Jami
Fla
Beckley
Miami
Oie
Susan Hogg
Agnes Scott
Col. Plege
Atlanta
Okey
M. Wicker
Bess
Kate Snyder
Shady Spring
Cecil Swim
W. E. Swim
Alexandria
J.D. Swim
Keyser
Harmie
Woman Drowns In Coal River Near Whitesville
In Whitesville area a woman identified as Mrs Ella Burdette, about 43, disappeared while near the Coal River. Her body was found downstream by neighbor Joe Patrick and recovered by Whitesville Fire Department members. The victim, once a patient at Lakin State Hospital, was living with husband near the River Road area and had returned to work after a hospital stay.
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Whitesville
Ashome
Airchton
Bur
Coal River
Lena Fieson
Ella Burdette
Who
Rowland
River
Land. Co
Frieson
Joe Patrick
Paul Flint
Patrick
Burdette
James Rob
James E
Victm
Erls
Jordan Cabinet to Press Pro-Red Cleanup in Amman
Amman reports the new moderate Jordanian cabinet is expected to push a swift cleanup of pro Communist elements in government and schools. King Hussein, after his military victory, strengthens his hold as Bedouin tribes move into Amman and security forces tighten.
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Amman
Hussein
Jones _P. Richards
Eisenhower
Middle East
Arab Legion
Iide
Beatings and Rigged Elections Reported by Senate Prober
Former boxer Paul Bradshaw told Senate investigators about beatings and a rigged 1954 local union election in Scranton Pennsylvania Local 229 of the Teamsters. He described stewards instructed to cast multiple votes for Pinky Hart as president and Bob Malloy as business agent, with officials claiming extra receipts and pasted dues to justify repeated voting.
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Washington
Paul Bradshaw
Senate
Seranton
Teamsters Union
Bradshaw
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
J.C. (Pinky) Hart
Bob Malloy
Deputies Kill Rabid Dog After Tank Branch Incident
Deputies killed a suspect rabid dog on Tank Branch Monday. The carcass was taken to the Raleigh County Animal Shelter for examination.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Sophia Crowned Slab Fork Spelling Champion
Sophia student Brenda Green won the 7-8 division at Slab Fork District spelling bee held Monday night, spelling Kanawha as the winning word after Linda Hawkins faltered on irrealssible. Judges and pronouncers listed include E.H. Meadows, Sadie Wonder, W. Moye, Katherine Foti, and Zena Amato. Sophia Elementary School teacher Mary Workman praised as champion with Norval Cooke principal, while Polly Phillips took the 7-8 division at Stoco School and Joyce Lilly was runner up.
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Brenda Green
Sophia
Slab Fork
Linda Hawkins
Linda
Stu
Loretta Hodson
Crab Orchard
Shrewsberry
Bobby G. Sanders
Coal City
Maude Moye
Neo
Stoco
Noel Christian
Polly Phillips
Albert” F. Phillips
Abney
Joyce Lilly
Dawson Lilly
Elbert Hawkins
Whitby
Whitby School
G. W.mitchom
Kaneshaal
Sandra Wallen
A. J. Wallen
East Gulf
Gladys’ Wooldridge
C. H. Mead
North American Coal and Dock, Co
Harold
Kay
Sandra
Judy Lynne Wallace
Clayton E. Wall
Ace
Josephine
Sharon
Carlile More
Ningward
Lionel Cook
Alfather
Sophia Elementary
Normal Cooke
Isler
Sloco High School
Samuel
She Meadows
Cel Mills
Hel
Stella
Nature
Tri County
Linda Eanes
Coall
We Wide Register
Elementary City
Fayette
Sharon Cook
Glee Club
Scienes Releigh
Wyoming
Divorce Case Defendant Sentenced to 60 Days in County Jail
Curtis Adkins of Harper Heights was jailed for contempt of court in Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp's proceedings. He received a 60 day term for non compliance with a divorce decree and was jailed by a sheriff's deputy at 9 15 PM Monday.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Curtis Adkins
Harper Heights
Weather Brief for Beckley and Nearby Areas
Fragmentary weather lines show Beckley and surrounding towns with yesterday’s high and last night’s low, plus morning readings at 7 am and 10 am. Reports mention clear conditions in Belle Greenbrier and at Oak Hill.
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Beckley High
Foderlay
Belle Greenbrier
West Virginia district spelling bee highlights and results
Readers learn district bee champions and runners-up across multiple grade levels. Notables include Lily Eighth, Salad Miss Jean Summers, and Linda Eanes as district champs, with several runners-up and a 1955 reference to Linda’s prior title. Parents listed as miners. many students belong to clubs and schools across Coal City and East Gulf.
Beckley Skies Evening Star and Planet Outlook
The Sun sets at 7:01 p.m. and rises again at dawn. The Moon rises at 9:43 p.m. with Last Quarter on April 2. Prominent star Regulus shines high in the south at 8:50 p.m. Visible planets include Mercury low in the west after sunset, Jupiter high in the southeast at 8:28 p.m., Mars sets at 10:49 p.m., and Saturn near to the east-southeast after midnight.
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Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Jorvnl
Beclkey Jaycees name committees for May Road-E-O
Beckley Jaycees announce committees for the May Road-E-O teen driving event to be held May 5 with winners to receive savings bonds and move on to a statewide competition in Morgantown. Alvin H. Rohrer named president and general chairman. local sponsors include Raleigh County Motor Truck Association and Raleigh County auto dealers.
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Shasized
Beckley
Cees
Raleigh
Wyoming
Alvin H. Rohrer
Jaycees
Rohrer
Jaycee J
Morgantown
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Trucking Association
Chrysler Corp
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Pure Oil Co
W. C. Thompson
Eugene Hall
James Davis
C. W. West
Rand
James Sanger
Clyde Marshall
Lyle Loflin
Clarence Clay
Raleigh County
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Raleigh County Automobile Dealers
Jail Prisoner Hangs Himself in Clendenin Jail
Orville Sanders, 45, housed on a peace warrant from his wife, was found dead hanging in his cell at Clendenin city jail. Attendant Thad Stanley discovered the body as preparations were made for prisoner breakfast. Sanders worked as a pipeline construction worker. Magistrate Bonner H. Gillispie issued the warrant after Mrs. Sanders said he was drunk and barred access for her and their five children.
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Clendenin
W.va. I
Clendenin City
Nathan
White
Orville
Sanders
Thad Stanley
Uie
Bonner H. ‘Gillispie
Tyas
James W. Fritz Succumbs At 85
James William Fritz age 85 of Glen Morgan died at 9 30 am in a local hospital after several months illness He was a retired Chesapeake Ohio Railway engineer with 41 years service A member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men and Glen M Morgan Community Church Born Sept 21 1872 in North Carolina he was a son of the late James and Mary McClure Fritz Survivors include his wife Catherine Rice four daughters Mrs F L Noel Mrs Edith Foster Mrs Mae Grimmett and Mrs Lester Bolender three sons John Howard and Ray a half brother Frank Treadway a half sister Mrs Nellie Rice and 31 grandchildren and great grandchildren The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements
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James William Fritz
Glen Morgan
Chesapeake Land Ohio Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Glen M Morgan
North Carolina
James
Mary McClure Fritz
Catherine Rice
F. L. Noel
Edith Foster
Cleveland
Mae Grimmett
Los Angeles
Calif
Lester Bolender
Bainbridge
John
Portsmouth
Howard
Ray
Washington, D. C
Frank Treadway
Beaver
Nellie Rice
Sullivan
Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Estel S Kegley Dies In Wytheville Va
Mrs Estel S Kegley aged 67 died this morning in a Wytheville Virginia hospital. She was sister to Mrs C G Eastywood of Oak Hill and survived by three sons James S Kegley and Frederick B Kegley of Wytheville and George A Kegley of Roanoke, plus a brother James A Brown of Wytheville. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Wytheville with burial in St John's Cemetery Wytheville.
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Oak Hill
Estel S. Kegley
Wytheville
C. G. Eastiyood
Siivors
Janes S. Kegley
Frederick B. Kegley
George A. Kegley
Roanoke
James A. Brown
Holy ‘Trinity Lutheran Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Zsa Zsa Seeks 40000 for Hair Damage in Lawsuit
Beverly Hills salon bleach treatment allegedly burned Zsa Zsa Gabor’s scalp and damaged her hair. She claims negligence caused dryness brittleness and hair loss, seeking 40000 total including lost income from film and TV work. Suit filed in Superior Court cites January 9 bleach application at Helen Young Beauty Salon.
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Santa Monica
Calif.r
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Beverly Hills
Superior Court
Helen Young Beauly Salon
Police Seek 3 In Auto Theft
Beckley Police search for three suspects in an auto theft that ended with a 1951 Chevrolet crashing into Alderman's Blacksmith Shop near Mabscott after midnight. A witness said two suspects fled, one drove off, and the car was a total loss with $150 damage to a parked truck. The shop building suffered extensive damage.
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Beckley
Mabscott
S. Oakwood Ave
W. B. Alderman
N.B. Alderman
Man Sought in Ohio Grand Larceny Return Request
A Beckley State Police detachment and Raleigh County Sheriff's office report a man being returned to Lorraine, Ohio to face grand larceny charges. Address of the accused is unknown.
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Beckley State Police Detachment
Raleigh’ County Sheriff's Office
Lorrain, O
Sammy Donalow
Court Orders Luther Hairston to Appear on Speeding Charge
Luther Hairston of Stanaford is ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court on Thursday to answer a speeding charge. He was arrested by Beckley Police on Johnstown Road at 9 40 p m Monday.
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Luther Hairston
Stanaford
Beckley
Johnstown Road
Awaiting Hearing for Calvin Grimmett on Assault Warrant
Calvin Grimmett of 412 Bostick Street is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting a hearing on an assault and battery warrant. He was arrested by Constable Joe Rodriguez at 10 15 p m Monday. The magistrate issuing the warrant was Cotton White.
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Calvin Grimmett
Bostick
Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Cotton White
Councilman Jones Receives NSF Chemistry Summer Scholarship
Beckley councilman Charles R Jones has won a National Science Foundation scholarship to enroll in a six week chemistry program at the University of California Los Angeles in summer 1957. He will receive a stipend to cover study costs while in California.
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Beckley
Charles R Jones
National Science Foundation
University of California
Los Angeles
Jones
Stratton High School
California
Jung
Clarksburg Maintains Standard Time Amid Debate
Clarksburg council voted to keep clocks on standard time despite wider adoption of daylight time. Local figures like Helen Jones, elementary teacher, plan to accompany and support her husband on the trip while pursuing graduate courses. The article notes Jones earned a bachelor’s, then a science degree from West Virginia and a master’s from University of Pittsburgh. Huntington plans an open forum on daylight time before next Monday’s vote.
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Piney Oaks
Clarksburgh
Clarksburg
Jones
West Virginia Iissue
Maun State College
Pittsburgh
Beckley
Ward
Senate Moves 44 Million For Post Office Restoring Service
The Senate quickly passed a 44 million dollar bill to restore normal postal services and sent it back to the House after adding 800 thousand for Senate housekeeping. The House had approved it yesterday and is expected to accept the Senate version before sending the measure to President Eisenhower. No debate occurred in the Senate.
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Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Jenner Assumes Eisenhower Backing For Re-Election Bid
Sen Jenner of Indiana says he assumes President Eisenhower will support his bid for re election. He cited party alignment and a White House meeting with Sen Malone who also seeks backing for his 1933 campaign. Both lawmakers previously opposed the Eisenhower Middle East Resolution and faced questions about their stance on the president's domestic program.
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Jenner
R-Ind
Eisenhower
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R-Wis
Urey
Congress
Beckleyan Dies Of Heart Attack At Home
Jeremiah M. Fitzgerald aged 71 of 205 Laren Ave died at 10 a.m. today at his residence after a heart attack. A retired coal miner, he was a member of UMMWA and Memorial Baptist Church. He was born in Virginia on September 12, 1685. Survived by two sons Ronald Beckley and Jerry in Japan, four daughters June Thurmond Beckley Eloise Gordon Ashland Ky Lois Ann Tsatsos Detroit and Arlene Totts Pittsburgh two brothers Bransford and Frank Coal Spring Va, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Jeremiah M. Fitzgerald
Laren Ave
UMMWA
Memorial Baptist Church
Virginia
Patrick Fitzgerald
Ronald
Beckley
Jerry
United States Army
Japan
June Thurmond
Eloise Gordon
Ashland
Lois Ann Tsatsos
Detroit
Mich
Arlene Totts
Pittsburgh
Bransford
Frank
Coal Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Turnpike Crash Hospitalizes 3 in Marmet Area
A Charleston collision on the West Virginia Turnpike near Marmet sent three people to hospital. Among injured is Patricia Lawrence 18 described as an expectant mother due within a month with a broken back and leg fractures. Her husband Jerry Lawrence 13 suffered internal injuries.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Marmet
Patricia Lawrence
Jerry Lawrence
Name of Holy Site in Palestine Spotlighted
In the second of five articles on famous places of Palestine the modern appearance of a holy site is described. A stone staircase a small chapel and vendors selling flasks mark the spot where Christ was baptized by John. The story continues on Page 3.
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John
Palestine
Auditorium Levy Election Promises Entertainment Center For Raleigh County
Mike Wren argues for a civic auditorium to lure professional entertainment and cultural events to Raleigh County, listing ice shows theater readings bands and possible Grand Ole Opry acts. He envisions lectures by Lowell Thomas Nesbit and Drew Pearson, indoor circuses for children, and a regional entertainment hub boosting visitors and local prestige.
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Mike Wren
William the Shakespeare
Civic Auditorium
Abingdon
Kanawha Players
Charleston
Charles Laughton
Emil Williams
Helen Hayes
Lowell Thomas
John Nesbit
Drew Pearson
Mies
Grand Ole Opry
Raleigh Coun
Raleigh County
Freedom Needs Educated People Calls for College Support
A public service ad warns that colleges face a crisis with enrollment pressures possibly doubling by 1967. It urges higher salaries for professors, more faculty, and sustained teaching standards to expand access and quality. The notice invites readers to request a free booklet from HIGHER EDUCATION at Times Square Station, New York.
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America
Times Square Station
New York
The
Advertising Council
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